Professional Development Resources
Past workshop presentations and resource material
Oct. 23, 2012: Leadership development and project management
- Leadership & team-building worksheet
- Free budgeting and project management templates: Vertex42.com
Aug. 23, 2012 “Our Cities, Our Classrooms” conference
- The Power of Place, Keynote Ryan Huppert, Grand Rapids Public Schools
- School Gardens Nutrition Education, Joy Baldwin, NorthWest Initiative (former role)
- Beyond the Paper and Pencil Test: Assessing PBE, Rebecca Nielsen, Nielsen Education Consulting
- Opportunities for Outdoor Learning – Lessons from Chatfield School, Peter McCreedy, The Chatfield School
- Exploring Theme Gardens, Dr. Norm Lownds, Michigan State University School of Horticulture
- Integrating Technology into your Garden and Classroom, Dr. Norm Lownds, Michigan State University School of Horticulture
- Building Bridges: Kids, Nature, NWF and You, Julia Liljegren, National Wildlife Federation – Great Lakes Regional Center
- For-Mar Truck Farm: Bringing the Farm to YOU, Heather Schwerin, For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum
May 5, 2012: Logic models and grant writing
March 21, 2012: Curriculum connections
- Presentation, Planning for Rigorous PBE, Rebecca Nielsen
Feb. 16, 2012: Asset-mapping, project development
Jan. 21, 2012: Inquiry, asset-mapping, curriculum
- Detailed inquiry exercise
- Asset-mapping resources:
Dec. 14, 2011: Celebration dinner
- Presentation: Diversity of the Mind, Matthew S. Washington
Nov. 17, 2011: Building Partnerships, Inquiry-Based Learning
- Inquiry-Based Learning Practice/Journaling Activity
- Presentation: Building Partnerships, Mona Munroe-Younis and M’Lis Barlett
Oct. 19, 2011: Inquiry-Based Learning, Environmental Justice
- Presentation, Nature is Where You Find It, Dorothy McLeer, UM-Dearborn naturalist
Sept. 22, 2011: Place-Based Education and Environmental Justice
- Presentation: Environmental Justice and Injustice in Flint, Danielle Gartner and Mona Munroe-Younis
- Environmental Justice readings
